INPA

INPA Seminar Speaker: Taylor Aralis (SLAC)- Title: SQUAT detectors
2026-02-20 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Date: February 20, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person]
Speaker: Taylor Aralis (SLAC)
Title: SQUAT detectors
Abstract: TBD
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INPA Seminar Speaker: Chami Amarasinghe (UCSB)- Title: Hidden track structures in liquid xenon and their implications for dark matter searches
2026-02-27 12:00 - 13:00
Date: February 27, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person]
Speaker: Chami Amarasinghe (UCSB)
Title: Hidden track structures in liquid xenon and their implications for dark matter searches
Abstract: Dual-phase liquid xenon detectors are entering a regime where new insights into signal formation are required to make robust discoveries of WIMPs and solar neutrino CEvNS. I will present two results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment showing that key signals and backgrounds are not described by standard models of light and charge production in liquid xenon. First, double-electron-capture backgrounds in WIMP searches produce unexpectedly strong electron-ion recombination, generating events that mimic nuclear recoils. Second, neutron calibrations reveal excess fluctuations in nuclear recoil signals, boosting the observable rates of low-mass dark matter and solar neutrino CEvNS. I will describe how the underlying physics of track structures impacts current dark matter searches and the predictions of future experiments.
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INPA Seminar Speaker: Soud Al Kharusi (Stanford)- Title: Neutron scattering for fundamental physics
2026-03-06 12:00 - 13:00
Date: March 6, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person]
Speaker: Soud Al Kharusi (Stanford)
Title: Neutron scattering for fundamental physics
Abstract: TBD
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INPA Seminar Speaker: Shenyang Shi (Columbia University)- Title: Search for dark matter and solar neutrinos with XENONnT
2026-03-13 12:00 - 13:00
Date: March 13, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person]
Speaker: Shenyang Shi (Columbia University)
Title: Search for dark matter and solar neutrinos with XENONnT
Abstract: The primary goal of the XENONnT experiment is the direct detection of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), with a projected sensitivity improvement of an order of magnitude over XENON1T. In this talk, I will present recent results from searches for light dark matter and solar neutrinos using the scintillation-ionization channel and the ionization-only channel with a lowered detection threshold in ~7 tonne*years of exposure. Together, these complementary analyses set world-leading constraints on dark matter–nucleon and dark matter–electron scattering cross sections. In the relevant mass range, the sensitivity approaches the so-called neutrino fog, where coherent neutrino scattering constitutes an irreducible background that can mimic light dark matter interactions.
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2026-03-20 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-27 12:00 - 13:00

INPA Seminar Speaker: Aditi Pradeep (SLAC)- Title: superCDMS
2026-04-03 12:00 - 13:00
Date: April 3, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person]
Speaker: Aditi Pradeep (SLAC)
Title: superCDMS
Abstract: TBD
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INPA Seminar Speaker: Nancy Aggarwal (UC Davis)-Title: TBD
2026-04-10 12:00 - 13:00
Date: April 10, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person]
Speaker: Nancy Aggarwal (UC Davis)
Title: TBD
Abstract: TBD
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INPA Seminar Speaker: TBD
2026-04-17 12:00 - 13:00
Date: April 17, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person]
Speaker: TBD
Title: TBD
Abstract: TBD
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INPA Seminar Speaker: Lorenzo Magrini (Stanford)-Title: Mossbauer for novel physics
2026-04-24 12:00 - 13:00
Date: April 24, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person]
Speaker: Lorenzo Magrini (Stanford)
Title: Mossbauer for novel physics
Abstract: TBD
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INPA Seminar Speaker: Yashwanth Bezawada (LBL)-Title: TBD
2026-05-01 12:00 - 13:00
Date: May 1, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person]
Speaker: Yashwanth Bezawada (LBL)
Title: Neutrinos
Abstract: TBD
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INPA Seminar Speaker: TBD
2026-05-08 12:00 - 13:00
Date: May 8, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person]
Speaker: TBD
Title: TBD
Abstract: TBD
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INPA Seminar Speaker: TBD
2026-05-15 12:00 - 13:00
Date: May 15, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person]
Speaker: TBD
Title: TBD
Abstract: TBD
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INPA Seminar Speaker: TBD
2026-05-22 12:00 - 13:00
Date: May 22, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person]
Speaker: TBD
Title: TBD
Abstract: TBD
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INPA Seminar Speaker: TBD
2026-05-29 12:00 - 13:00
Date: May 29, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person]
Speaker: TBD
Title: TBD
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